Black and Blue '68s

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Mattndew76
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Re: Black and Blue '68s

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Right
An Idea doesn't work unless you do.
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Right
cool project Joel- I am part of that demographic :lol:
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Re: Black and Blue '68s

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Right
Finished is better than perfect......
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Re: Black and Blue '68s

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greenthumb wrote:Right
cool project Joel- I am part of that demographic :lol:
Just looked this up :lol: Right is right, I need some for the M...
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Re: Black and Blue '68s

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Joel tell us a Christmas story.

Did you do more cool stuff to the car?
An Idea doesn't work unless you do.
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No great updates BUT I do have some stickers.
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$3.00 + $.50 postage = $3.50 email me at: joel@armoredmobility.com
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2 '68 510 2 door sedans
'95 240SX


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Got about half the build (3 coats high solids urethane topcoat, 3 to go) of the thickness of film I need on the finish before I cut and polish, ebony is very porous with "cracks" in the surface to fill.
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'95 240SX


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I have had many side marker lights through the years for the '68 that had the bolt support bracket on the back of the lens, rusted through or almost through like this:
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So I decided it was a shame. I found some paper thin stainless sheet:
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Then I cut a couple little of patches for inside the bracket
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Using some aircraft frame type epoxy, stuck them inside
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Then added the shell
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'95 240SX


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Re: Black and Blue '68s

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Nice!
Finished is better than perfect......
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Joel my friend, you must have an incredibly high tolerance for pain, because you've set new levels for the definition of the word painstaking on this build. As always, my hat is off.
Sometimes people loose touch with subjectivity, because they've got they're heads stuck too far up they're own,,, Reality.
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Just got my EDIS trigger wheel sensor bracket from the machine shop:
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'95 240SX


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Made up a divider/reflector for the early Euro front turn signal assembly. Required some "tooling". I use the word loosely!;)

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2 '68 510 2 door sedans
'95 240SX


“We will either find a way, or make one.” – Hannibal
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so much win!
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You know, you have to be happy with the result.

Great job.

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thanks guys
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2 '68 510 2 door sedans
'95 240SX


“We will either find a way, or make one.” – Hannibal
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